Steve Edwards

@mtdrift.bsky.social

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Cars and trucks and things that go. I don't ride my motorcycles enough. Disciple of General Ludd. Once drove a Land Rover across Africa. Words and images, Overland Journal and Expedition Portal. Missoula, MT. #weirdcarbs

A motorcycle parked on some gravel under a high trestle bridge
And orange Vespa scooter with a tiny side car
Two motorcycle shocks and the innards of a motorcycle fork lay on a wooden bench. The "Low" shock has only five coils, the standard shock has 7, for an extra 1.5" of ride height.
A cat on a lap turning away from a soccer game on a laptop.
A truly wild Honda Monkey custom motorcycle with giant four-foot tall exhaust pipes flying the Thai flag and looking like a shark.
A little red Toyota HiAce fire truck from Japan. The rear deck is wide open and very low, subject to hop-ons from opportunistic pedestrians.
An impossibly tiny grey kitten - about the size of the blue coffee cup in the foreground - stares into the distance like she's just back from Guadalcanal.
A beige 2001 Toyota Corolla on black steel wheels. The front left fender is a little gronched.
A red and white split window VW Bus in s field.
An old blue Jeepster Commander convertible parked in a lot near an O’Reilly auto parts.
A black Land Rover with a roof tent parked in the desert under a clear sky and a crazy-bright full moon.
A blue and white 2026 Toyota Tacoma with a bunch of overlanding gear on it - lights, a tent, awning, etc.
A spare tire cover that reads "Prado: Beautiful Nature is Our Precious Property"
An old-school unrestored, but in amazing shape red Honda Trail 90 motorcycle parked on a concrete pad.
A steel bowl with a whole mess of double-yolked eggs.
The intake manifold on a 2001 Toyota Corolla 1ZZ-FE four-cylinder engine. It's a little grimy.
A green Jaguar XJC coupe parked in front of some grass. Not shown: V12, manual transmission.
A ball joint.
Carnage from a broken ball joint on a Hyundai Tucson.
A wooden workbench with dozens and dozens of various bolts, washers, and other assorted fasteners grouped into piles. A parts schematic is open on an old MacBook Air.
A disassembled BMW K100 motorcycle showing the rear swing arm and a new brake disc in a messy garage.